Australian Aboriginal bark paintings are a form of traditional Indigenous art that originated in the northern regions of Australia. The paintings are created using natural pigments on sheets of tree bark, which are harvested from eucalyptus or paperbark trees.

This art form has been practiced for thousands of years by Indigenous communities, and the paintings typically depict stories from the Dreamtime, which is the mythology and spiritual beliefs of the Aboriginal people. The Dreamtime stories are often passed down from generation to generation through oral traditions, and the paintings serve as a visual representation of these stories.

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Aboriginal art and artefact collecting goes back to early first contact times. In fact local Aboriginals around Sydney use to trade artefacts with visiting ships from the earliest days.

Curio collecting has always been part of early exploration of the new world. Ceremonial adornment items that were made of perishable material were not preserved for future use and so early examples are very collectable. Early shields, clubs and boomerangs that were cherished as favourites and had developed a deep colour and patina are preferred.

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Curly Bardagadapu. Ngalyod the rainbow serpent. Natural earth…

Curly Bardagadapu. Ngalyod the rainbow serpent. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. Inscribed verso [Ae-02 Aac 92] and artist's name. 138 x 69 cm. Provenance: Bonhams, the Evatt collection of Aboriginal bark paintings and sculpture, Sydney,…

Aboriginal 20th century. Man and four emus. Ochre on bark panel,…

Man with Four Emus: Ochre on Bark Panel

Aboriginal 20th century. Man and four emus. Ochre on bark panel, 35.5 x 16.5 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Ray Hughes

Waigin Djanghara (b. 1929). Wandjina, 1990's. Ochre on bark…

Wandjina

Waigin Djanghara (b. 1929). Wandjina, 1990's. Ochre on bark panel, 39 x 26.5 cm. Provenance: The Estate of Ray Hughes. Labels: Aboriginal Arts P6866-00TT

Two carved & painted Wandjina on stone. Artists unknown…

Kimberley Wandjina Carvings and Bark Art

Two carved & painted Wandjina on stone. Artists unknown 1960's-1970's & a small bark Wandjina the larger in white lines; the smaller in varying ochre tones, and a slotted base, perhaps for a mount. Provenance: collected from the Kimberley 1960's/70's 30 x…

Two small Wandjina on bark, artist unknown 1960's-1970's in red…

Wandjina Bark Art: Red and Black Dots

Two small Wandjina on bark, artist unknown 1960's-1970's in red ochre and black dot work. Provenance: collected from the Kimberley 1960's/70's the larger 44 cm.

Nagul Jilmi, working 1965 Aboriginal bark painting 'Mimi Man'…

Nagul Jilmi's Mimi Man Bark Painting

Nagul Jilmi, working 1965 Aboriginal bark painting 'Mimi Man' in ochre 46 x 23 cm

Lily Karadada Wanjina bark painting from the 1970s in ochre. 80…

Lily Karadada's Wanjina Bark Painting in Ochre

Lily Karadada Wanjina bark painting from the 1970s in ochre. 80 x 41 cm

Bark painting of turtles the Yirrkala Nation, Arnhem land NT 39…

Turtle Bark Painting from Yirrkala Nation

Bark painting of turtles the Yirrkala Nation, Arnhem land NT 39 cm

Wandjina bark painting by Waigan Djangara b.1929 label verso:…

Wandjina Bark Painting by Waigan Djangara

Wandjina bark painting by Waigan Djangara b.1929 label verso: 'Aboriginal Arts', 'Perth WA' dated 1989. The artist is listed on label as Waigan Koolari, an alternate name for the artist. Working Kalumburu. Exhibited at NGV. 46 x 26.5 cm

Wandjina bark painting attributed to Waijin Djangara b.1929 an…

Wandjina Bark Painting by Waijin Djangara

Wandjina bark painting attributed to Waijin Djangara b.1929 an early Kimberley artist of some note. He began his career painting Wandjina figures on rocks. 43 x 24 cm

A large bark painting in natural earth tones, l114 cm

Earthy Bark Painting: 114cm

A large bark painting in natural earth tones, l114 cm

Narritjin Maymuru, two Manggalili clan designs, natural earth…

Manggalili Clan Designs on Eucalyptus Bark by Narritjin Maymuru

Narritjin Maymuru, two Manggalili clan designs, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, mounted on board, 104 x 43 cm, 104 x 38 cm. (2)

An Australian aboriginal hollow log bone coffin…

Aboriginal Snake Coffin from Arnhem Land

An Australian aboriginal hollow log bone coffin (Lorrkan/Larrikitj), from Central Arnhem Land, painted with totemic snakes and designs in earth pigments on stringy bark wood. Artist unknown, diameter ~18 cm, Height 149 cm

Early bark painting, artist unknown, West Arnhem Land, Northern…

Antique Bark Painting: Happy Kangaroo from West Arnhem Land

Early bark painting, artist unknown, West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. Inscription on back: Derek on the theory that every new Australian Should have a piece of his country of choice I send this happy…

Port Keats bark painting - flying fox, man & snake, Remnants of…

Keats' Flying Fox and Snake Bark Painting

Port Keats bark painting - flying fox, man & snake, Remnants of old label & rubbed inscription verso, natural earth pigments on bark (68 x 23 cm

Barramundi by daisy Nadjungorle, painted on bark. Height 70 cm,…

Barramundi on Bark

Barramundi by daisy Nadjungorle, painted on bark. Height 70 cm, width 16 cm

Early Indigenous artwork, 'The crocodile Gamugin and Fish'…

Crocodile and Fish

Early Indigenous artwork, 'The crocodile Gamugin and Fish' ochre pigment paint on bark, 90 x 50 cm

Australian Aboriginal school, Mornington Island. 'The Honeybee…

Honeybee and Hawk

Australian Aboriginal school, Mornington Island. 'The Honeybee and the hawk Story' with typed explanatory note verso. Acrylic on bark 53 x 27 cm

Artist unknown, Aboriginal school Jabiru natural earth pigments…

Jabiru Earth Pigments on Bark

Artist unknown, Aboriginal school Jabiru natural earth pigments on bark 65 x 43 cm

Aboriginal artist unknown, this my dreaming all them things,…

My Dreaming: Earth Pigments on Bark

Aboriginal artist unknown, this my dreaming all them things, earth pigments on bark, remains of label verso (partially legible), cat. No. GG11. 26 x 60 cm

Yirawala (C.1905 ? 1976), Maraian white Barramundi, C.1965.…

Maraian Barramundi by Yirawala

Yirawala (C.1905 ? 1976), Maraian white Barramundi, C.1965. Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. Provenance: artist Yirawala, Western Arnhem land, obtained Darwin, 1965 Lake Collection, Sydney. Cf. Barramundi, illus. In Le Brun Holmes, S., Yirawala:…

A painted bark basket, Burunga people, Beswick station,…

Painted Bark Basket and Shell with Traditional Design

A painted bark basket, Burunga people, Beswick station, Northern Territory and a large shell painted with traditional design, length 21 cm and 37 cm

A bark painting, Arnhem land, Northern Territory, portion of…

Arnhem Land Bark Painting

A bark painting, Arnhem land, Northern Territory, portion of old label verso (illegible). 149 x 66 cm

Jack Meritja, bark painting featuring fish, Jinang tribe.,…

Jinang Fish Bark Painting

Jack Meritja, bark painting featuring fish, Jinang tribe., length 63 cm

A small Aboriginal bark painting 45.5 cm x 23 cm

Aboriginal Bark Painting: 45.5 x 23 cm

A small Aboriginal bark painting 45.5 cm x 23 cm

Australian Aboriginal School, untitled - mimi spirit, cat…

Mimi Spirit on Bark

Australian Aboriginal School, untitled - mimi spirit, cat #5/6/Nnii/I, natural earth pigments on bark, 67 x 38 cm

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), stingray…

Aboriginal Stingray Bark Painting

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), stingray design, bark and natural earth pigments, 40 x 35 cm

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), cross hatched…

Cross Hatched Design on Bark

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), cross hatched design, bark and natural earth pigments, 97 x 25 cm

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), snake and…

Northern Territory Snake and Artefacts

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), snake and artefacts, bark and natural earth pigments, 93 x 42 cm

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), snake and…

Aboriginal Bark Painting: Snake and Cross Hatched Design

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), snake and cross hatched design, bark and natural earth pigments, 91 x 40 cm

Norman Mangawila (1933-1991), Daygurrgurr Gupapuynu clan, bark…

Daygurrgurr Gupapuynu Bark Painting by Norman Mangawila

Norman Mangawila (1933-1991), Daygurrgurr Gupapuynu clan, bark and earth pigment, Remington Art & Craft label verso, No. 10BI 1083/3 56 x 32 cm

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), cross hatched…

Northern Territory Ceremonial Design

Artist Unknown (Aboriginal, Northern Territory), cross hatched ceremonial design, bark and natural earth pigments, 106 x 54 cm

Djawida Ngainmira Likanya & Marrayka natural pigments on bark…

Bark Art: Natural Pigments by Ngainmira & Marrayka

Djawida Ngainmira Likanya & Marrayka natural pigments on bark 53 x 24 cm label verso

Marcus Pascoe, cormorant & fish natural pigments on bark 98 x…

Cormorant and Fish on Bark

Marcus Pascoe, cormorant & fish natural pigments on bark 98 x 50 cm, Maningrida Arts label verso

Samuel Ganarradj Mangudja (1909-1983), Kurabara and Buruk, bark…

Indigenous Artwork: Samuel Ganarradj Mangudja's Kurabara and Buruk

Samuel Ganarradj Mangudja (1909-1983), Kurabara and Buruk, bark and natural earth pigment, Church Mission Society Aboriginal Handicrafts' letter, plus long inscription verso, 38 x 50 cm

Waigan Djanghara, c1929 -?, Wandjina, natural pigments on bark,…

Wandjina on Bark

Waigan Djanghara, c1929 -?, Wandjina, natural pigments on bark, 50.5 x 26.5 cm, irregular, inscribed cat no. P648-Oett verso

An Aboriginal bark painting, tortoises and leaves, roughly…

Raark Tortoises Bark Painting

An Aboriginal bark painting, tortoises and leaves, roughly rectangular, depicting long-necked tortoises embellished with the raark designs (cross-hatchings), in traditional natural pigments red, yellow, black and white. Provenance: from the collection of…

Early bark painting, the bones of a dead man Lying in his…

Bones in Country: Early Bark Painting

Early bark painting, the bones of a dead man Lying in his country, Brian Nyinawanga, 62 x 40 cm

Bark basket, 'Tunga' Bathurst and Melville Islands, NT, c. 1970,…

Tunga Bark Basket from Bathurst and Melville Islands

Bark basket, 'Tunga' Bathurst and Melville Islands, NT, c. 1970, bark, fibre and natural pigments

Mathaman Marika (1920-1970), Hunters and spirits, natural earth…

Hunters and Spirits on Bark

Mathaman Marika (1920-1970), Hunters and spirits, natural earth pigments on bark, framed, frame size 126 cm x 48 cm

Djawida Nadjongorle (circa 1943-2008), Mimih spirits, natural…

Mimih Spirits on Bark

Djawida Nadjongorle (circa 1943-2008), Mimih spirits, natural earth pigments on bark, frame size 165 cm x 85 cm

England Bangala (1925-2001), (pandanus skirt design), natural…

Pandanus Skirt Design by England Bangala

England Bangala (1925-2001), (pandanus skirt design), natural earth pigment on bark, signed 'England Bangala, gallery number 2271, 50 x 21 cm

Aboriginal bark painting, natural pigments, 34 cm height

Aboriginal Bark Painting, Natural Pigments

Aboriginal bark painting, natural pigments, 34 cm height

An Arnhem Land Aboriginal bark painting, Northern Territory,…

Arnhem Land Aboriginal Feather Dance and Kangaroo Painting

An Arnhem Land Aboriginal bark painting, Northern Territory, depicting three dancers with ceremonial feather dance wands on the upper panel, a human and stylised kangaroo on the lower panel 156 x 78 cm

Aboriginal bark painting of goanna by Samuel Mangkudja Ganaraj,…

Gunwinggu Goanna Bark Painting from Arnhem Land

Aboriginal bark painting of goanna by Samuel Mangkudja Ganaraj, a member of Gunwinggu tribe and provenance related to Arnhem Land Plateau, the bark painting featuring a goanna painted in cream and brown, size 61 cm x 27 cm

Robin Nganmira (1951-1991), Mimis dancing around a Kangaroo,…

Mimis and Kangaroo Dance

Robin Nganmira (1951-1991), Mimis dancing around a Kangaroo, natural earth pigments on bark, 169 cm high, 61 cm wide

Dick Goobalathaldin Roughsey (1924-1985), Hunters and Crocodile,…

Hunters and Crocodile

Dick Goobalathaldin Roughsey (1924-1985), Hunters and Crocodile, natural earth pigments on bark, inscribed verso: 'The Crocodile', 69 x 20 cm

Aboriginal totem figure, natural ochre pigments on bark, 400 cm,…

Aboriginal Totem: Ochre Pigments on Bark

Aboriginal totem figure, natural ochre pigments on bark, 400 cm, 400 cm

Aboriginal bark painting, of three fish on a black background.…

Three Fish on Black Bark

Aboriginal bark painting, of three fish on a black background. Groote Eyland, Northern Territory, 23 x 33 cm

David Milaybuma Barramundi bark painting djirrama from Western…

Barramundi Bark Painting from Western Arnhem Land

David Milaybuma Barramundi bark painting djirrama from Western Arnhem Land af label verso

Djawida Nadjongorle, (circa 1943 - 2008) Australian, crocodile,…

Australian Crocodile

Djawida Nadjongorle, (circa 1943 - 2008) Australian, crocodile, natural earth pigments on bark, 183 cm high, 82 cm wide

Nym Bandak (Port Keats), Untitled (Spirit Figures) (circa 1970),…

Keats Spirit Figures

Nym Bandak (Port Keats), Untitled (Spirit Figures) (circa 1970), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 58.5 x 29 cm. Provenance: The Alex & Annette Hood Collection, NSW

Curly Bardagadapu (Attributed) (circa 1924-1987), Untitled…

Moon Man & Crocodiles

Curly Bardagadapu (Attributed) (circa 1924-1987), Untitled (Moon Man & Crocodiles) (circa 1970), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 58.5 x 40 cm. Provenance: The Alex & Annette Hood Collection, NSW

David Malangi (1927-1999), Untitled (Waterbirds & Fish) (1972),…

Waterbirds and Fish on Bark

David Malangi (1927-1999), Untitled (Waterbirds & Fish) (1972), natural earth pigment on eucalyptus bark, 61 x 39 cm. Provenance: The Alex & Annette Hood Collection, NSW

David Malangi (1927-1999), Untitled (Catfish) (1972), natural…

Malangi's Catfish

David Malangi (1927-1999), Untitled (Catfish) (1972), natural earth pigment on eucalyptus bark, 70 x 32 cm. Provenance: The Alex & Annette Hood Collection, NSW

An Australian aboriginal bark painting by Tommy Gondorra Steele,…

Ganawurla Niya Clan Totems

An Australian aboriginal bark painting by Tommy Gondorra Steele, c.1976, depicting Ganawurla Niya Clan Totems, including Bokburra (frog) Jimichima (water plant), Gopardich (honey eater), Lorrkom (ceremony) and Wangara (spirit beings). Biographical and…

Thompson Ulingurri, attributed. Untitled, natural earth…

Earth Pigment Bark Art

Thompson Ulingurri, attributed. Untitled, natural earth pigments on bark

An Aboriginal bark painting of a mythological snake on cross…

Mythological Snake on Cross Hatch Background

An Aboriginal bark painting of a mythological snake on cross hatch design background. Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory 89 cm x 37 cm

A bark painting 'Crocodile' Artist Unknown, with rarrk cross…

Crocodile Rarrk Bark Painting from Arnhem Land

A bark painting 'Crocodile' Artist Unknown, with rarrk cross hatch polychrome background. Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Length 110 cm x 38 cm

Neville Naraldol turtle natural ochres on bark Western Arnhem…

Neville Naraldol's Turtle Ochre Bark Painting

Neville Naraldol turtle natural ochres on bark Western Arnhem Land Tribe: Gunwinggu area: Oenpelli old label affixed verso. 54 x 39 cm

An Aboriginal bark painting, 'Three Mimi spirit figures',…

"Three Mimi Spirit Figures" Bark Painting

An Aboriginal bark painting, 'Three Mimi spirit figures', Artist unknown. An Aboriginal bark painting, 'Three Mimi spirit figures', Artist unknown. 71 x 45 cm

George Milpurrurru (1934-1998): Untitled (Fish), natural earth…

Fish in Earth Pigments

George Milpurrurru (1934-1998): Untitled (Fish), natural earth pigments on bark. 60 x 26 cm

Narritjin Maymuru (1922-1982): Untitled (Possum Dreaming),…

Possum Dreaming

Narritjin Maymuru (1922-1982): Untitled (Possum Dreaming), natural earth pigments on bark. 68 x 36 cm

Unknown Artist (Oenpelli): Untitled (Echidna) (circa 1990),…

Echidna Bark Painting

Unknown Artist (Oenpelli): Untitled (Echidna) (circa 1990), natural earth pigments on bark. 77 x 29 cm

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (fish), Western Arnhem Land,…

Unknown Fish Bark Painting from Western Arnhem Land (1960s)

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (fish), Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960's. 78 x 30 cm

Ray Munyal (1935 - 1995) hunting story ochres on bark dated…

Maningrada Hunting Scene on Ochre Bark

Ray Munyal (1935 - 1995) hunting story ochres on bark dated certificate Maningrada Arts & Crafts verso,1982 Language group: Djinang Clan: Ngrasaning painted Maningrada Region, Central Arnhem Land in near perfect condition original label Reads: ' the man &…

David Milaybuma (1938-1983) Noworan: rock python ochres on bark…

David Milaybuma's Rock Python Ochres on Bark

David Milaybuma (1938-1983) Noworan: rock python ochres on bark Language: Eastern Kun Winijku dated certificate verso Maningrada arts, March 1982 painted: Maningrada Region, Central Arnhem Land in near perfect condition Provenance: Collected by Dr George…

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (Bandicoot), Western Arnhem…

Bandicoot Bark Painting from Western Arnhem Land

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (Bandicoot), Western Arnhem Land, c.1950s-60s. Provenance: Palm Springs Museum collection, California. 52 x 31 cm

Wally Mandarrk 1915 -1987 fish and Frogs ochres on bark Central…

Wally Mandarrk's Fish and Frogs Ochres on Bark

Wally Mandarrk 1915 -1987 fish and Frogs ochres on bark Central Arnhem Land, c.1970's Moiety: Dhuwa 96 x 38 cm

Bilinyarra Nabegeyo (c.1920-early 1990s) Mimi spirit ochres on…

Bilinyarra Nabegeyo's Mimi Spirit Ochres on Bark

Bilinyarra Nabegeyo (c.1920-early 1990s) Mimi spirit ochres on bark Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960s. Bilinyarra (Biliyeyhkga) Nabegeyo was born in about 1920. He was a Kunwinjku speaker, belonging to the Djalama clan and the Yirritja moiety whose country…

Andrew Munakali 1940-1988 Nagloyd the rainbow serpent ochres on…

Nagloyd's Rainbow Serpent Ochre on Bark

Andrew Munakali 1940-1988 Nagloyd the rainbow serpent ochres on bark Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land label affixed verso 90 x 33 cm

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (two kangaroos), Western…

Kangaroos in Arnhem Land

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (two kangaroos), Western Arnhem Land, circa 1960s. 67 x 35 cm

Yuwurnyuwurn Marruwarr 1928-1978 Mimi spirit and kangaroo…

Yuwurnyuwurn Marruwarr: Mimi and Kangaroo on Bark

Yuwurnyuwurn Marruwarr 1928-1978 Mimi spirit and kangaroo ochres on bark Western Arnhem Land. Yuwurnyuwurn Marruwarr was born in about 1928 at a remote camp near the Liverpool River. A Kunwinjku speaker, he belonged to the Marrirn clan and Kamarrang…

Mick Magani 1920-1984 Totemic animals ochres on bark Clan:…

Mick Magani's Totemic Animals on Bark

Mick Magani 1920-1984 Totemic animals ochres on bark Clan: Mildjingi area: Gatji Creek, Central Arnhem Land artist information affixed verso 64 x 23 cm

Gary Djorlam 1950 - male and female Mimi Spirits ochres on bark…

Gary Djorlam's Mimi Spirits on Bark

Gary Djorlam 1950 - male and female Mimi Spirits ochres on bark Kunwinjku artist from Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Western Arnhem Land, circa 1980's 47 x 15 cm (2)

Mick Kubarkku c.1924-2008 emu ochres on bark Maningrida area,…

Kubarkku's Emu Ochre on Bark from Maningrida (1960s)

Mick Kubarkku c.1924-2008 emu ochres on bark Maningrida area, Central Arnhem Land c.1960's Subsection Balang Clan: Kulmarru Moiety: Dhuwa Language: Eastern Kininjku inscribed verso Mick Gubaru (old spelling of artists name) 74 x 32 cm

Jumbo Dawalinjara 1940 - lizard Totems ochres on bark Northeast…

Jumbo Dawalinjara's Lizard Totems on Bark

Jumbo Dawalinjara 1940 - lizard Totems ochres on bark Northeast Arnhem Land, circa 1960's 65 x 22 cm

Two Arnhem Land bark paintings, c.1960's; 'Fish', north East…

Arnhem Land Bark Paintings: Fish and Clan Designs

Two Arnhem Land bark paintings, c.1960's; 'Fish', north East Arnhem Land, and 'Clan designs', 'Pupajuwa' inscribed verso 49 x 23 cm, 37 x 16 cm (2)

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (Catfish), West Arnhem Land, c.…

Catfish Bark Painting from West Arnhem Land

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (Catfish), West Arnhem Land, c.1960's. 67 x 25 cm

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (fish), West Arnhem Land,…

Fish Bark Painting from West Arnhem Land

A bark painting, Artist Unknown, (fish), West Arnhem Land, circa 1950-1960. 54 x 22 cm

Daisy Mamybunharrawuy b.1950 - Sacred Hollow log Ceremony…

Sacred Hollow Log Ceremony

Daisy Mamybunharrawuy b.1950 - Sacred Hollow log Ceremony ochres on bark Central Arnhem Land, circa 1980 Provenance: Clive Evatt collection; Bonham's, Sydney, November 2013, Lot 247 81 x 41 cm

Wally Mandarrk 1915 -1987 Kukuken: the Fresh water crocodile…

Kukuken: Freshwater Crocodile in Ochre on Bark

Wally Mandarrk 1915 -1987 Kukuken: the Fresh water crocodile ochres on bark Moiety: Dhuwa Central Arnhem Land, circa 1970 old label affixed verso reads: 'Mandarrk 45 years old, Dagbon from upper Liverpool River' 65 x 26 cm

George Djahgurrnga c.1918-1980s funerary Ceremonies ochres on…

George Djahgurrnga's Funerary Ceremonies in West Arnhem Land

George Djahgurrnga c.1918-1980s funerary Ceremonies ochres on bark West Arnhem Land, c.1960s George Merwulunlu Djahgurrnga was born in about 1918. A Kunwinjku speaker, he grew up in the bush and did not move to the Oenpelli mission, established in 1925.…

Yula Biri Rigomongor - the Barramundi feeding on Jati the frog…

Barramundi Feeding on Frog Ochres

Yula Biri Rigomongor - the Barramundi feeding on Jati the frog ochres on bark West Arnhem Land Clan: Rembarrnga Location: Bulagadaru c.1985 77 x 35 cm

Bark painting, unknown Tiwi Artist, Melville or Bathurst Island,…

Tiwi Funeral Armbands and Clan Designs Bark Painting

Bark painting, unknown Tiwi Artist, Melville or Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, c.1980; 'Pukamani Funeral armbands and Clan designs' 77 x 45 cm

Dick Nguleingulei Murramurra (1920-1988) Kukuken ochres on bark…

Kukuken Dreaming on Bark

Dick Nguleingulei Murramurra (1920-1988) Kukuken ochres on bark Language group: Gunwinggu Clan: Nabularldja old label affixed verso, Kukuken ; the Fresh water crocodile, which is a totem of the Dhuwa Moiety and is also called 'My mother's dreaming 'By the…

Two old Aboriginal bark paintings, Arnhem Land, circa 1960s;…

Aboriginal Bark Paintings: Totemic Creatures and Bird

Two old Aboriginal bark paintings, Arnhem Land, circa 1960s; 'Totemic Creatures' and 'Bird' 41 x 24 cm, 37 x 20.5 cm

Two Aboriginal bark paintings by Jack Madagarlgari, Oenpelli,…

Arnhem Land Aboriginal Bark Paintings

Two Aboriginal bark paintings by Jack Madagarlgari, Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, circa 1970's; one depicts a Jabiru, the other of an emu. 52 x 19 cm, 47 x 21 cm

An old Aboriginal painting on bark, approx 55 cm high, 20 cm…

Ancient Aboriginal Bark Painting

An old Aboriginal painting on bark, approx 55 cm high, 20 cm wide

Maymirri Maymuru (Aboriginal), natural earth pigments on bark,…

Crabs on Bark with Earth Pigments

Maymirri Maymuru (Aboriginal), natural earth pigments on bark, crabs Aug 83/WA, artist's name verso, 32 cm x 55 cm approx

Mick Kubarrku (1925-2008), crocodile (1973), natural earth…

Crocodile Dreaming

Mick Kubarrku (1925-2008), crocodile (1973), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. 26 x 62 cm

Mithili Wanambi (circa 1923-1981), Untitled (1970s), natural…

Earth Pigment on Bark

Mithili Wanambi (circa 1923-1981), Untitled (1970s), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. 26 x 53 cm

Artist unknown, Untitled (sea life) (circa 1980), natural earth…

Seaside Symphony

Artist unknown, Untitled (sea life) (circa 1980), natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

Lily Karedada, Born C.1937. Wandjina earth pigment on bark…

Wandjina Bark Painting by Lily Karedada

Lily Karedada, Born C.1937. Wandjina earth pigment on bark inscribed with artist& name and Waringarri arts cat no. AK284 verso 50 x 28 cm

An Aboriginal Wanjina bark painting George Jameri (circa…

Aboriginal Wanjina Bark Painting by George Jameri

An Aboriginal Wanjina bark painting George Jameri (circa 1822-2890) 44 x 34 cm

Lipuntja 'Tropic Whale' painting on bark 109 x 65 cm

Tropic Whale Bark Painting

Lipuntja 'Tropic Whale' painting on bark 109 x 65 cm